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Canadians Fooled By April Fool's Net Spoof

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It seems that an online April Fool's joke saying that the Canadian Finance Minister was quitting in order to breed Charolais cows and "handsome fawn runner ducks" was taken a little too seriously by some Canadian investors, who sent the Canadian dollar lower on the non-news. Isn't it great to see how an April Fools joke online can affect world markets?

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